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This covers the installation of the 3DSMAX 9 trial, specifically, and may not be applicable to newer versions of 3DSMAX.

Create the WINE Prefix

First you will want to create a prefix for 3DSMAX. It should be a 32bit prefix. You can create it by running this on the command-line:

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Note

If you're running a 64bit operating system you may run into this error:

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wine cmd.exe /c echo '%ProgramFiles%' returned empty string
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The solution is to make sure your default Wine prefix is using the WINEARCH=win32. If it is not have to delete ~/.wine and launch winetricks in WINEARCH=32 to initialize it properly.

 

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If your default WINE prefix is 64 bit and you cannot delete it due to existing installations you can manually create the max9 WINE prefix.

If t his happens you will need to manually create the WINE prefix like this:

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$ WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/max9/ winecfg
$ WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/max9/ winetricks
The solution is to make sure your default Wine prefix is using the WINEARCH=win32 as well. If it is not, you can erase it to reset it, and launch winetricks in WINEARCH=32 to initialize it properly.
Setup Libraries
First you will need to choose "Select max9" to select the max9 prefix. Once you select it and press OK you will be able to configure the prefix.
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Installing the 3DSMAX9 Trial
Install max9 trial
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  1. In Winetricks choose Select max9 and click OK if you've not already selected it.
  2. Next choose Run tskmgr and click OK. This will open a Windows Task Manager.
  3. In the Task Manager click New Task... and browse to 3dsmax9Trial.exe.
  4. Follow the self-extraction prompts and it will extract the installation to C:\3dsmax9Trial
  5. Once the self extraction is complete click on New Task... again and browse up to My Computer to get to your C drive and ultimately the C:\3dsmax9Trial folder
  6. Choose and run Setup.exe
  7. Follow the prompts except on the Mental Ray screen - uncheck the option to install the satellite service. Do not install the satellite service.
Patch SP1
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/3dsmax9_sp1_32bit.msp
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